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Why The United States Became A Powerhouse After Colonialization While Central America Collapsed

Many years of self-government, a comparatively tighter and more united geographic landmass, and a civilization that largely shared a common European heritage gave the United States...

Colonial blindspot in British history teaching | Letters

Prof Kim Solga responds to an article by an A-level student who wonders how attitudes will change if students aren’t taught the reality of British colonial historyAstrid Barltrop m...

The British Empire They Carried: The Fractured Identity Of Britain’s Caribbean Generation

A Precolonial Paradox? Rethinking Political Centralization and Its Legacies

A Precolonial Paradox? Rethinking Political Centralization and Its Legacies By Martha Wilfahrt, University of California, Berkeley A paradox has emerged in the growing literature o...

Analysis: Legacy of slavery offers a warning

MUCH has been researched and written about the impact of slavery. We cannot undo the past, but can we learn from its historic abuses and present-day aftermath? And might it be poss...

A New Legal Blow to the U.K.’s Chagos Islands Deal

Britain’s plan to hand back its last African colony is on thin ice.

Why so many Africans still speak their colonizers’ language

The Francophonie system is rooted in the colonial past, when language was the main tool of administration and control Read Full Article at RT.com